How To Install python3-hgdistver on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hgdistver in Fedora 36. python3-hgdistver is A Python library to generate package version info from mercurial tags

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hgdistver on Fedora 36.

What is `python3-hgdistver`

hgdistver is a simple drop-in to support setup.py in mercurial based projects. It’s supposed to generate version numbers from mercurial’s meta-data. It tries to use the current tag and falls back to the next reachable tagged ancestor and using the distance to it as .post marker.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-hgdistver on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-hgdistver.

Install python3-hgdistver on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-hgdistver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-hgdistver

Install python3-hgdistver on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-hgdistver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-hgdistver

How To Uninstall python3-hgdistver on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-hgdistver package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-hgdistver

python3-hgdistver Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/hgdistver.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/hgdistver.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver-0.25-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver-0.25-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver-0.25-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver-0.25-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver-0.25-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver-0.25-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver-0.25-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hgdistver.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-hgdistver
/usr/share/doc/python3-hgdistver/CHANGELOG.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-hgdistver/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-hgdistver
/usr/share/licenses/python3-hgdistver/LICENSE

References

python3-hgdistver website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hgdistver on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).